Gaza ceasefire takes hold as nation holds breath for 1st release of hostages at 4 p.m. * Israel prepares to free 39 terror convicts * IDF prevents Gazans from moving north

• 2min agoReport: 12 of 13 hostages set for release today are from Kibbutz Nir Oz
• 12min agoHundreds gather at Tel Aviv Museum of Art for display of solidarity with hostages
• 45min ago‘Anyone who poses a threat to our forces in Gaza will be hit,’ IDF says
• 1hr agoRed Cross bus arrives at West Bank’s Ofer Prison to receive 39 freed Palestinians

By MICHAEL BACHNER, JACOB MAGID, RICKY BEN-DAVID and TOI STAFFToday, 3:30 am

• Toys await child hostages released for captivity at Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel, November 24, 2023 (IDF)
• Helicopter headsets for adults and children await released hostages on an aircraft at Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel, November 24, 2023 (IDF)
• Israeli military vehicles drive on both sides of the border with the Gaza Strip, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas terrorists, on November 24, 2023. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
• A man walks past a billboard calling for the return of about 240 hostages who were abducted during the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught in Israel, in Jerusalem, November 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
• Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce in the battles between Israel and Hamas terrorists, on November 24, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
• Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas terrorists, on November 24, 2023. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
• IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip before a ceasefire enters effect, in handout photos released for publication on November 24, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

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The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they happen.

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Report: 12 of 13 hostages set for release today are from Kibbutz Nir Oz

Channel 12 reports that 12 of the 13 hostages set for release today are from Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Some 75 in total were abducted from the kibbutz on October 7, 13 of them children.

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